Mango Vodka Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 ripe mango
• 1/2 cup Absolut  vodka

What do to

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Peel and finely chop mango. Marinate mango in the vodka (use enough to cover completely) for 1/2 hour or more. Drain but save the juice for cocktails!
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat in extract.
• Add flour & milk, alternately, to sugar mixture.
• Fill 12 cupcake liners with 1 heaping tablespoon of batter.
• Add 1 teaspoon of mango to each cupcake.

• Top each with another heaving tablespoon of batter. Add more batter to each to fill liners 3/4 full.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until cupcakes are done.
• Remove from pan and let cool completely before icing.